A large number of Pakistani youth is victim of crickomania (ha ha . . . it means craze for cricket and you will not find it in any dictionary!). They spend the whole Sundays and other holidays (some even spend the whole Saturday nights) in pursuing dreams, of becoming national players, that never come true. Millions of Rupees and hundreds of thousands of hours are wasted for no financial gains or improvement in their characters and personalities.
Feeding on ground and flying in the space between National
College of Arts and Punjab University, Old Campus, they
certainly add grace to Lahore's beautiful lively atmosphere.
Books are scattered everywhere. On the sidewalk in the backdrop
of reconditioned tires, the historical Pak Tea House, closed shops
and other businesses in New Anarkali and outside on the service road,
parallel to Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam (The Mall Road).
You just have to have a taste, a demand, a requirement, a topic and
there would be more books than your imagination, even some in
excellent conditions and look like new ones.
A larger part of Anarkali Food Street is occupied by shops
offering garments, watches, mobile phones etc. The true
concept of a Food Street is clearly missing. Yet, one can find
culinary variety to satiate hunger for spicy Lahori recipes in the opposite side of the street.
Punjab University's hockey ground is freely being spoiled by
cricket players. A number of international hockey matches
have been played here about three decades ago.
Some iron rods have also been removed from the boundary grill of the ground to use it as a walk through entrance.